Donations: If you are feeling generous, I would deeply appreciate any donations. I've set up a hopper on my 8483 res at the front door. Be sure to leave me a PM on the forums or a signed book in the hopper letting me know what you donated.

I've been wanting to hold a drop party for a long time now. As I recently celebrated my 500th day on EMC, now seems as good a time as any to share my love for EMC's great community. I didn't, however, want to settle for an ordinary DP, where players stand in one spot and jump up and down for 20 minutes. Don't get me wrong: I have enjoyed these types of events and gotten some useful stuff from some very kind and generous players. I was looking to do something different, though. My creation is different enough from a normal drop party to warrant a new name for the event type. I'm calling it an Arena Drop Party.

I've seen some good attempts by players to mix up drop parties and make them more interesting. By far the best so far is cdjs1987's Hedge Maze on Utopia. I had a blast there on opening day. While my Arena isn't a maze, and looks nothing like her build, it is inspired by her playstyle. I've placed lots of droppers dropping slowly across a wide area, encouraging people to run around and explore. You probably won't do as well camping one dropper the whole time. Look around, grab what you want, dump what you don't need, and keep moving! The Arena is also quite vertical, with platforms, player launchers, and five distinct zones.

On a side note, I have tried to keep the redstone as simple as possible to reduce framerate issues for people with older PC's. If you have taken the time to read this far, I'll leave this as a thank-you: keep your eyes open at the event, and you just might find some extra loot in some unexpected places. There is a lot to discover. Hope to see you there!

EDIT 7/22/2015, 11:30 EMC time:I must regretfully postpone this event. I was really counting on today to finish up some things on the arena. This persistent DDOS attack has prevented me from logging in, however, and it shows no signs of letting up soon. I have lost basically all of my work time today and I don't believe I will be able to put on the event as I would like to do it. I apologize for the delay, and ask for your patience. Please check back on this thread, as it will be updated with a new date and time as soon as I can schedule it.

EDIT 7/22/2015, 11:30 EMC time:I must regretfully postpone this event. I was really counting on today to finish up some things on the arena. This persistent DDOS attack has prevented me from logging in, however, and it shows no signs of letting up soon. I have lost basically all of my work time today and I don't believe I will be able to put on the event as I would like to do it. I apologize for the delay, and ask for your patience. Please check back on this thread, as it will be updated with a new date and time as soon as I can schedule it.

Set a delay on my build as well :/ if I can pick up my paste I will try my best to come back and help you soon. I'll pm you once I get my basic terrain down and I have extra time

Set a delay on my build as well :/ if I can pick up my paste I will try my best to come back and help you soon. I'll pm you once I get my basic terrain down and I have extra time

Thanks Datzmine. You helped a lot in the short time you were at my res the other day. That Huge Mushroom grove you were working in is basically the only unfinished major feature, though there is still some smaller stuff to be done around the cavern. I'm not going to try and rush it now, because it looks like I may be forced to put it off till next weekend anyway. I'll know for sure sometime tomorrow, hopefully. You are welcome anytime on my res, whether its to work or just to stop by.